New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1887-08-03
THE PROFITABLE HORSE.

Advice Given to Farmers and Those.
Who Breed Only small Mum bers.
Which is the most profitable horse
to rase is question constantly
agitating the minds Of the small
breeders and general farmers Of the
country, and in view of the great
amount Of interested advice to which
they are treated, we think it oppor-
tune to submit them a few considera-
tons which may help each individual
% a wise decision, writes s.L,'' in
Walzace's Monthly. The draft horse
interest in the West, through its in
dustrious organs, is s.boomed'' warm
ty and constantly, and scarcely an issue
OF these papers comes from the press
without an appeal to the farmer to be-
ware of the lighter breeds as risky goods
to deal in, and to garner a.share of the
sure fortune in store for them whose
constant aim is to produce equine pom
derosity.
Now, we have no quarrel with the
better grades and breeds of draft and
cart horses. They are in. their way use
full in all forms, from the Cleveland
Bay up to the clumsy monster that we'll
| nigh loses all semblance to the equine
species in his approach. to the elephant
type. But the fact remains that the
men who have made profit in breeding
! these horses are not the smaller breed
els, but men who breed them in. great
numbers, and who in many-very many
cases have grown rich by Veny ques-
tionable methods.
| But beyond this is the greater objec-
ton that the Percheron of Clydesdale,
OIL Shire horse does not meet the varied
requirements Of farm life, is almost use
less at anything else,. and cannot be
sold OFT the farm to- great advantage.
We have no patience with writer's who
persistently wind up their discourses on
some great 1,8O0-pound brute by the
assurance to farmers that he will pro-
duce excellent carriage horses
Now, it is simply absurd to tell men that
great mountains of flesh. with legs like
lamp posts, and with feet that in every
awkward movement WELD great mops
OF hair, can in reasonable series Of
! generations be bred down to the fine
ness Of conformation requisite in gen
eral purpose horse OF carriage horse.
One of the most lamentabIe mistakes a
man can make is to mate a mare Of fine
form and quick movement, say weigh
ing 1000 to 1,1O0 pounds, with a
Emphatic Percheron or Clydesdale and
hope to strike the ''happy medium.
The chances are ten to one that q dis
proportionate, useless nondescript will
result-not combining in modified form
the qualities of both parents, but hay
tag III some respect the attributes of
the sre and IN some the attributes OF
the dam. All extreme crosses fail to
produce satisfactory results, and the
more violent the cross the less certain
y can we approximate what the off
spring will be. Ugliness NAL
formatlon-are the usual results OF
thus violating natures laws.
The most profitable horse for the
general farmer and small breeder to
produce IS that horse which serves the
widest range of purposes well. This
is not the race-horse, not the trotter,
or not the lubberly cart horse. No
word exactly descr bes him. He has
been variously called the carriage
horse, the generslpurpose horse, the
roadster, the park horse, etc. The
latter designation is perhaps the most
suitable. We have in our mind horse
that fills the bill. He is kingly bav,
Is hands high, weighing fully 1900
pounds, with trotting action of high
order, well bred, handsome, and stylish
in the family carriage, fast enough for
the road, strong enough for III pur-
poses OF the farm, with the right kind
" disposition for all the purposes of
6 family horse, aud nerves and speed
enough for all the purposes of the
gentleman driver. Now, get a mare
appro1imating this standard, and YOU
are IN a position to breed the most
valuable, the most useful, and most
profitable horse that exists. He will
pull the pillow, or haul q load to market,
or work the mill better, Infinitely
better, than a heavy, sluggish animal.
Then put him in the family carriage.
and he will carry you over the road at
rate and ia a style which will
challenge the admiration of all who
see him floating along in the pride OF
| his beauty. There is satisfaction, en-
loyment and profit in this horse, for he
is elegant, beautiful and useful in all
places. Does the farmer want to sell
him? What is easier than to sell a
large, handsome, fast and well-bred
carriage or park horse? They are al
ways in demand and always salable at
a remuneratiye price. in Keeping with
the beauty, size style, speed and breed
ing Of the individual.
BEAUTY, SIZE AND STYLE
These are the first considerations in
breeding this peerless carriage or park
horse. No matter what the speed or
pedigree of the stallion may be. if he
has not plenty of size and substance,
and does not carry it magniticentlv and
stylishly, he will not do to breed the
ideal carriage horse from. Breeders
who can afford to breed for speed alone